Inside the Mind of Microsoft's Chief Futurist
If I encountered Craig Mundie on the street, met his kind but humorless gaze and heard that slight southern drawl, I'd…
Realtime Mobile Video Stitching Is So Crazy It Just Might Work
The proposition: You and a bunch of strangers are live streaming mobile-phone video of some event or disaster. A server…
Berlekamp's Switch Game May Be Nerdiest Boardgame Ever
The game has 100 bulbs, 10x10. Each row and each column has a switch that turns off bulbs that are on, and turns on…
SecondLight Gives Surface Tables a Second Magical Screen
Here's a neat trick: This Microsoft Surface table projects an image on its screen, but hold a piece of paper or glass…
"Write in the Air" Could Be Xbox's Next Trick
Microsoft showed off a "Write in the Air" system developed in China. You can write with a gyro controller or in thin…
Microsoft's Interactive Omnidirectional Projector Puts You in the God Seat
An omnidirectional projector with a camera inside watches your hand movements and reacts fast, like a planetarium-wide…